That
is funny, Steve. Actually, I just had a colonoscopy (too much information!), but thankfully, I was unconscious--didn't see the pretty pictures.
Yeah, I suppose I am a NASA collector--among many other things.
Mark, the baseball--which I have pictured before (probably too many times)--is the game ball, Philadelphia Athletics (Chief Bender) v. NY Highlanders (Russ Ford), Hilltop Park, April 25, 1912.
The inscription is in Bender's hand; the ball was part of his personal collection.
(Next to it, under the other dome, is a piece of the Hindenburg's framework. I collect all kinds of stuff!)